Jimu News reporter Liao Shiqi
Correspondent Jane Jay
Spring Festival is coming, every household has to clean up the home to welcome the New Year, when cleaning, it is inevitable to use a lot of cleaning liquids, many people like to divide these liquids into beverage bottles, occasionally will cause the family to take the situation, but most of these detergents are irritating, will cause a certain degree of harm to the human body. Recently, when Mr. Liu of Wuhan was cleaning, he accidentally took the marble rust remover in the mineral water bottle, causing burns to the digestive system, and causing secondary injuries after vomiting. Experts said that after mistakenly taking irritating liquids, you can not blindly induce vomiting, you should selectively alleviate symptoms according to the pH of the liquid, and seek medical treatment in time; it is recommended that when cleaning up years ago, try to label the cleaning agents in the beverage bottles to avoid family members from taking it by mistake.
The 33-year-old Mr. Liu's family lives in Hankou, and seeing that the Spring Festival is approaching, Mr. Liu has more time, so he undertook the task of "cleaning" the family. In order to clean up the rust stains on the aggravated marble, he bought a large bottle of marble rust remover of a certain brand online, because the packaging was too large and inconvenient to use, so he divided the rust remover into mineral water bottles at home.
Due to the dry mouth after a long time of cleaning, Mr. Liu, who was a little tired, grabbed the mineral water bottle next to him and drank the liquid in his mouth. After the liquid was introduced, he caused alarm, afraid that he had taken the wrong one, but the liquid did not seem to have a smell and taste, he swallowed a small mouthful, and immediately felt a burning pain in his throat, he quickly spit out the liquid in his mouth, immediately went to the bathroom to wash and induce vomiting, and when the regurgitated liquid passed through the throat again, he felt a burning pain again. Subsequently, Mr. Liu had chest pain and abdominal pain, and he rushed to the Gastroenterology Department of The Houhu Branch of Wuhan Central Hospital for treatment.
After receiving the treatment, Sun Chenming, deputy chief physician of the department, conducted an emergency and meticulous examination of Mr. Liu, and according to the brand name of the rust remover provided by Mr. Liu, he understood its relevant ingredients, immediately let him take egg white orally, and carried out stomach protection and rehydration treatment for several days. Under the treatment and care of the medical staff of the department, Mr. Liu's symptoms gradually improved and he was successfully discharged from the hospital on the 26th.
Zhang Jiao, director of the Department of Gastroenterology of Wuhan Central Hospital, introduced that mistakenly taking a strong acid and strong alkali type liquid may corrode the mucous membrane of the digestive tract, causing erosion and bleeding of the digestive tract, and some people will have burning pain in the oropharynx and esophagus, abdominal pain, vomiting bloody liquid, and even digestive perforation, severe bleeding will even cause shock or even endanger life, and poisoning will also cause damage to liver and kidney function. Director Zhang Jiao reminded that the Spring Festival is coming, when the public cleans up at home, we must pay attention to labeling various sub-packs of cleaning agents, try to use the original packaging, avoid family members, especially children mistakenly take, when there is a mistaken taking of strong acid type cleaning agents, you can immediately take egg white, milk, etc. to protect the digestive tract mucosa, when mistakenly taking strong alkali type cleaning agents, you can immediately take orange juice, vinegar, etc. to neutralize and alleviate, it is best not to induce vomiting to avoid secondary damage, seek medical treatment in time, and bring the original packaging of the liquid when seeking medical treatment. It is convenient for doctors to understand the composition of the liquid for better diagnosis and treatment.